I find it sad that many in the Philippine literary world do not know the vibrant Cebuano poetry scene that includes the likes of Marjorie Evasco, Cora Almerino, Erlinda Alburo, Merlie Alunan, Ester Tapia, Hope S. Yu, Januar Yap, Myke Obenieta, and Michael Ligalig. One of my favorite Cebuano poets is Adonis Durado, and this year, he is finally coming out with his first book of Cebuano poetry, Dili Tanang Matagak Mahagbong (Not All That Drops Falls), with translation by Merlie Alunan.

I was teaching Visayan language with Americans. My great problem is the rulein spelling. Vowel e and i can be interchanged, also o and u. Deli , dili or delipito, peto or petu. May I know the basic rules in spelling bisayan language. Where can we research this topic?